Love, love, love, this picture. I have friends in San Diego who completely live the Rockabilly lifestyle from head to toe, including their car, of course. My Rockabilly friend cuts hair and one time I went in for a cut and color and he made me suicide blond without telling me. Wow, won’t go back there again but it was fun. This young woman really has it together, love her Carmen Maranda headdress. What fun!

Check out FICE clothing store in SLC, UT. Great clothing store started by snowboarders and super connected to the local art scene as well. They often have gallery events and are deeply involved in the snowboard community.

Go see the Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekend, also held at the Orleans, from May 30-June 2. Also has a Rockabilly/Retro feel to it, and the performers and their styles are amazing. I went last year and it felt like the Rockabilly Oscars!

you know what’s weired? That a minute ago I was serching the pinterest and some other sites for some inspiration for a long-time craving for turban-bandana thing… And then I come to your page, and here it is :) You see? That’s how you nspire us all, and I thank you for that!

When we lived in San Francisco, we drove to Viva Las Vegas every year to dance, gamble, and play dress up. My favorite fashion citing was a perfectly-coiffed pinup girl arriving with TRUNKS of clothing and accessories. A friend of a friend told me she changed her outfits 5-6 times a day, including hair and makeup. It really doesn’t get much more fabulous than that.

How about a ranch rodeo? These feature the real everyday working guys from the ranches. They sign up as teams such as Miller Ranch, etc. because they work together every day. They compete in events that are part of their daily work in the grasslands all around where I live in the Flint Hills of Kansas. Events such as the silent horse/cowboy communication it takes to separate one pre-selected random calf out from a large group (would be done to doctor him), or working as a team to load an angry calf into a trailer (which would be done to move him to another pasture). So much different than the glamour/glitzy hyped-up rodeo a person normally sees! (Well, sometimes one of the wives orders the guys matching western shirts for the event, otherwise it’s whatever they had on that day!) Super educational – if anyone is wanting to take a foreign guest to an event that showcases our rural west ranching culture. I see that several of my neighbors are in this video….. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SK0tKAMguSQ The biggest guy has the job of dropping down on that calf and just hanging on to slow it down so the others can get off their horses and help him pull it down. Our friend was the big guy one year and he was 50+ years old. He told his team (all young guys), “Okay, I’ll do it. But just know, we’ve only got one shot. There’s no way I can get back up and catch him again!”

Off topic and may be way off base but…
Remember that credit card identity theft commercial where you see a big dude watching tv and when he spoke, a valley girl voice came out of his mouth? Well, when reading this post, I completely thought, “This isn’t Scott. Too many exclamat!!!!!on points.”

Glad to see Vegas culture highlighted which is not all “drunk skank club-goer on the Strip”. Next time in Vegas, try the Downtown East Freemont area, also The Beat SwapMeet vinyl record show featuring urban hip hop soul fashion, music, dance. The Beat SwapMeet tours other cities too – L.A., Chicago (I think). Vegas has culture – it is just a different culture.

Definitely you are missing “La Feria de Sevilla” I am pretty sure you would love our tipical “traje de gitana” the colors and the amazing atmosphere. About this traditional dress, it’s unconventionally traditional, as it follows different trends almost each year but it’s still a ttraditional dress. I am sure you will love this and many other things such as the people’s mood warm and joyful. Now you know and cannot say no one told you ;) come to Seville or you will never know what you’re missing.

There are great swing dance scenes in most major cities, and most competitions and especially performances have fantastic 20s and 30s vintage. Look out especially for themed vintage dances. It’s a great scene to shoot :)

Well if u want a real rodeo, U need to attend the Canada, Calgary, Alberta, The Calgary Stampede, last attended by their their highnesses Prince William and Kate. Google the Stampede, it’s an awesome event! PS when are u going to post some pictures of Canada from your Vancouver visit. I cannot believe u have never ever posted any pictures from Canada, it’s an insult I think !!

Jazz Age Lawn Party, as you’ve already found.
Vintage At Goodwood in the UK in September
The Chap Olympiad or the Grand Anarcho-Dandyist Ball in the UK
Art Deco weekend in Napier, New Zealand – an entire art deco town.
All Balboa Weekend in Cleveland, Ohio – dancers, competitions and vintage.
Balboa Rendezvous – the last one is this weekend in San Diego, culminating on Sunday night at the Balboa Pavilion in Newport Beach with a band, dance and finals competition.
Swing dancing comps are kind of hard as a lot of competitors will dress appropriately for a physical activity – flips and aerials are just not good for vintage clothing. :-)

I think you should photograph Lightning in a Bottle (http://lightninginabottle.org/) a super-stylized, Southern California, counter culture, music and yoga festival hosted by uber-creative event production company The Do Lab. The clothes, fashions and costumes of the LIB festival goers are out of this world! Would love to see your take on this fashions of these “festi-gals and guys!”

I’ve always thought the Bikram (or sweaty) yoga subculture would be fun to capture- people wear little more than a swimsuit but they always look unique and add their own touches; the smallest detail catches your eye in those studios. Also, everyone’s glowing from working so hard!

You haft a come to Stampede in Calgary Scott. Not just cowboys and wannabe cow-persons but some amazing-looking Cree, Stoney and Blood band members doing their best to out-fancy each other. Come on north Scott – it’s where it’s happening :-)

Check out a monster truck show for Americana in it’s truest form. Stepping into the arena is like stepping into an alternate universe. And for a complete dive into the leather biker culture, check out the Folsom Street Fair in San Francisco in September. It’s leather only and always the hottest day in SF of the year.

Why not visit a few equestrian events? Great atmosphere, beautiful animals and classic style. Even with strict dress codes for competitors in most disciplines, both riders and VIP spectators will definitely make it worth the effort.

As Denise said, many swing dance hotel events aren’t much on the fashion front, but Ultimate Lindy Hop Showdown in New Orleans and Camp Hollywood both have a lot of snappy dressers in attendance. I think you would love the look and feel of Showdown, and you can’t beat New Orleans for awesome.

Surf culture is fun and fashionable. It also makes for beautiful images. A couple days ago I went to San Onofre with my boyfriend. Although I only got out once before badly bruising myself and cutting my foot, I actually enjoyed just sitting in my wetsuit and watching the others on their boards. A couple of dolphins swam by, and the surfers, all in black and with finned boards, could almost have been related to them. I walked up the bluff and down below, the three surfers looked amazing bobbing in the huge sea, as though they were the only living creatures left in the world. Surfers always look great on the side of the highway at surf spots along the California coast, donning their wetsuits and preparing for their adventure, or coming back, tired, with stories and a bit of a tan.

I’ve never seen you use this many exclamation points in a post, ever. Are you sure you aren’t letting Garance fill in? ;)

Love that you are finding style in subculture events – street style has become so much more calculated, it’s nice to see a non-designer set of values expressed with so much style.

I second (or third) the Prendleton Round-up for authenticity. I can’t say that Burning Man would be all that stimulating. Sure, there are a lot of young beautiful people who go – but the fashion is almost entirely determined by the environment: bikinis, combat boots and headscarves (because of the heat, the alkaline soil and the dust storms, respectively) would get a little tiring.

Swing dance events in Scandinavia and Europe! Like the Ljubljana Sweet Swing Festival, anything in Paris, or the Mecca of them all: Herräng, in Herräng Sweden, every summer for more than a month.

Here in the states we have tons of swing dancing, but not necessarily tons of great style. Lots of people here like to dress up vintage and look good, but even more just wear whatever. In Europe/Scandinavia? Shoo, boy. They know how to throw down! Their events look so classy! Check out photos like this guy’s, for more info: http://www.flickr.com/photos/eric00000007/sets/